In this study we analyze the scope of municipal powers regarding to the determination
of the installation of mobile phone masts in the Jurisprudence, distinguishing between two stages
defined by the STC 8/2012. Following this Sentence, the Supreme Court’s recent pronouncements
have drastically restricted the area of competence of municipal involvement in mobile phoning;
establishing that all technical powers relating to public radio electric areas are held exclusively
by the State and these powers are spread to technical issues within there are key decisions to the
Boroughs such as the place where the mobile phone antennas are installed or the determination
of the maximum levels of radio electric emissions